Improvement in saddle-trees



E. B. LIGHT. Saddle-Trees.

No. 222,514. Patented Dec. 9, I879.

, WITNESSES ATTORNEY is designed to provide an improved a tion which will be durable in use and adapted to answer the bination,

base a, which fits UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIo EDWARD B. LIGHT, OE DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND EDWARD D. STODDARD, OF SAME PLACE.

l MPROVEM ENT IN SADDLE-TREES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,514, dated December 9, 1879; application filed June 10, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. LIGHT, of

Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saddle-Trees; and I which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs,which form part of this specification.

. My invention relates to a saddle-tree, and

construcgeneral purpose of devices of this character in an improved manner.

I The improvement consists, first, in the comwith a wooden tree-fork and a metallic'horn whose base is hollow and fits over &the tree-top, of a metal band whose extremities are fastened in position, together with a bolt which passes through said band, fork, and

horn second, in the combination, with a wooden tree-fork having a countersinkformed in each side and a metal band havingits extremities secured by bolts whose ends fit in said coun- I tersinks, of a metallic horn whose hollow base fits on the fork-top, together with a bolt which passes through said band, tree-fork, and horn,

- which latter is provided with a countersink in which the bolt-nut fit In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view, in perspectlve, of the invention. Fig.2 is a vertical transverse section of the same.

. The metallic horn Ais made with the hollow down over the top of the tree-fork- B, and is secured on the outer surface thereof. This wooden tree-fork is strength- I ened by the metal under side, and I having its central upper portion secured in position by the bolt D. Said ,bolt passes through the band, the tree-fork,

thehollow base of the thecentral portion of the neck of the latter.

band 0, fitted against its horn, and up through A countersink, b, is formed in the top of the horn, within which works the nut c, which secures the bolt in its clamping action.

Each side of the tree-fork is formed with a countersink, d, and in the same is fitted the. not 6, which looks its respective bolt f. These latter bolts f pass through suitable transverse holes formed in the tree-fork, the tree-bars, and the extremities of the band, thus securin g the latter in place. A saddle-tree constructed in this manner is found to be strong, serviceable, and otherwise to admirably answer the purpose of the invention, as previously set forth.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a saddle-tree, the combination, with the wooden tree-fork and the metallic horn whose base is cast hollow and fits over the tree-top, of the metal band whose extremities are fastened in position, together with the bolt which passes through said band, fork, and horn, substantially as set forth.

2. In a saddle-tree, the combination, with the wooden tree-fork having a countersink formed in each side and the metal band having its extremities secured by bolts whose nuts fit in said countersinks, of the metallic horn whose hOHOW base fits on the fork-top, together with the bolt which passes through said band, tree-fork, and horn, which latter is provided with the countersink in which the bolt-nut fits, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of May, 1879. v

EDWARD B. LIGHT.

Witnesses:

THOS. A. AsHooM, J. H. ALLER- 

